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The New Cheshire Salt Works Ltd at Wincham, north east of Northwich in Cheshire, UK. Run by the Stubbs family, it operated between around 1923 and 2006 when it was purchased and closed down by British Salt. It produced white or brine salt from naturally occurring underground brine using natural or wild pumping. The salt was extracted by vacuum evaporation and was of a high quality. It was used for human consumption under the brandname "Selva" and in the pharmaceutical industry; New Cheshire was the only British company to supply salt for pharmaceutical use.

The New Cheshire Salt Works, Lower Wincham, was the third largest salt manufacturer in the UK in the 1980s. The company extracted brine from a borehole under the works and produced salt using the vacuum method. The company was founded by Alfred Stubbs in the 1920s and was producing over 1,000 tons of salt per week, of which 25% was sold under the brand name of "Selva". The business was taken over by British Salt in 2005 and the works was soon closed down, demolished, with the land sold to developers.